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Fanny (1932 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Fanny' is a 1932 French romance and drama film directed by Marc Allgret, based on the 1931 play by Marcel Pagnol. It is the second part of the 'Marseillaise' film trilogy that begins with 'Marius' (1931) and concludes with 'Csar' (1936). Like 'Marius', the film was a box office success in France and is still considered to be a classic of French cinema.
Plot
The story takes place in Marseille. Marius, the son of barkeeper Csar, had a romance with Fanny, a neighbourhood girl and daughter of the fish salesman in the harbor. Marius then followed his dream by sailing away to travel the seven seas. Fanny then discovers she is pregnant by Marius, a shameful position in the community since she's a single mother with a father unable to secure the future of her and her child. She acquiesces to her mother's advice to marry a more prosperous salesman in the harbor, Honor Panisse, who is 30 years older than she is. A few months after the marriage and the birth of the baby, Marius returns and tries to win back Fanny.
Cast
*Orane Demazis as Fanny Cabanis
*Raimu as Csar Olivier
*Alida Rouffe as Honorine Cabanis
*Charpin as Honor Panisse
*Robert Vattier as Albert Brun
* as Flix Escartefique
*Milly Mathis as Claudine Foulon
*Marcel Maupi as Mangiapan
*douard Delmont as Flicien Venelle
*Louis Boulle as Elzar Bonnegrce
* as Fortunette
*Annie Toinon as Amlie
*Andr Gide and Pierre Prvert have cameos
In popular culture
*The famed restaurateur and founder of California cuisine, Alice Waters, was so taken by this film that she named her Berkeley restaurant "Chez Panisse". The caf located above the restaurant is decorated with posters from the films 'Marius', 'Fanny' and 'Csar'.
*The main characters from the films 'Marius', 'Fanny', and 'Csar' make a cameo appearance in the 1965 Asterix comic book 'Asterix and the Banquet'. The ptanque playing scene in the comic book is a reference to a similar scene in this film.
See also
*'The Black Whale', 1934 German version
*'Port of Seven Seas' is James Whale's 1938 remake of 'Marius' and 'Fanny'.
*'Fanny', a 1961 remake of the 1932 version.
*'Fanny', a 2013 adaptation of the play, directed, written and starring Daniel Auteuil
References
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